The 2017 Venice Biennale is just a few weeks away—the excitement is at a fever pitch! Just today, news came that the 2017 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement recipient would be the…
The opening of the Venice Biennale is only a little more than a month away, and the lineup of shows timed to coincide with it is looking increasingly juicy. The latest to be confirmed for…
At the Venice Biennale this year, there will be the usual festivities—83 pavilions for various countries, from Korea to Kosovo, and a central group show, ambiguously titled “Viva Arte…
James Lee Byars, the elusive, enigmatic, and mystically inclined American artist who died in 1997, at the age of 65, once dreamed of installing a 1,000-foot-tall golden sculpture along the…
Alongside the Venice Biennale this year will be the first Carol Rama show in the Italian city since 2006. The show, which is titled “Carol Rama. Spazio anche più che tempo” and presented by…
A concise guide for notable exhibitions through mid-May.
For his Canadian Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale, Geoffrey Farmer will once again return to his interest in the relationship between people and their pictures. In an installation titled A…
Quietly, with apparently no fanfare, the organizers of the Venice Biennale have released the artist list for the central show in this year’s edition, which opens May 13. Titled “Viva Arte…
Every two years, when the Venice Biennale opens, the museums, galleries, and foundations of La Serenissima compete for attention, aiming to mount their finest shows. Today the Gallerie
For its pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale, Russia has selected artists Grisha Bruskin, Sasha Pirogova, and the Recycle Group’s Georgy Kuznetsov and Andrei Blokhin, the TASS news…